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### Sharpe Interface

The Sharpe interface includes the Sharpe, Sharpe 32, and Excel interfaces. PC-DMIS must have the DOWNL.OAD file from the original software package in order to run. If software compensation is being used, then the COMP.DAT file is also required. For information about creating the DOWNL.OAD file and information on the Sharpe interface, see the Machine Interface Installation Manual (MIIM) documentation. You can access it from the note below.

For systems configured with dual rotary tables, a second controller is used that controls only the second table. In that situation, PC-DMIS must have a DOWNL2.OAD file suitably configured for use on a controller with only the W axis being used. Currently, there is no compensation for the table only so there is no need for a COMP2.DAT file.

Before you start PC-DMIS, rename the sharpe.dll to interfac.dll.

The Machine Options dialog box (Edit | Preferences | Machine Interface Setup) has these tabs for the Sharpe interface:

Sharpe32 tab

See the "Sharpe32 tab" topic.

Controller tab

See the "Setting the Communication Protocol" topic. The default values are Comm Port 1, 4800 Baud, Even parity, 7 data bits, and 1 stop bit.

Controller2 tab

See the "Setting the Communication Protocol" topic. The default values are Comm Port 0, 4800 Baud, Even parity, 7 data bits, and 1 stop bit.

Oit tab

See the "OIT Communication" topic. The default values are Comm Port 0, 9600 Baud, No parity, 8 data bits, and 1 stop bit.

Axis tab

See the "Assigning the Machine Axes" topic.

Resolution tab

See the "Setting the Axes Scale Factor" topic. The defaults are X=0.0, Y=0.0, and Z=0.0.

Rotary tab

See the "Rotary Table Settings" topic. The default values are: Acceleration = 46500.0, Velocity = 46500.0, Resolution = 5000.0, Offset = 0.0, Min delta = 0.5, Table = Unchecked, and Dual table = Unchecked.

Debug tab

See the "Generating a Debug File" topic.

Additional information for this interface is provided in the Machine Interface Installation Manual (MIIM).

You can access the MIIM help file from this link: .